Panasonic DMC-GF3K User Manual

2012 LUMIX® G SERIES

DMC-GF3K Compact System Camera (14-42mm Lens Kit)

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DSLR-LIKE IMAGE QUALITY, FEATURES AND LENS OPTIONS

Gives you the outstanding performance of an interchangeable lens camera without the bulky size.

ULTRA-COMPACT CAMERA BODY WITH BUILT-IN FLASH

Our lightest and smallest body with full creative features and interchangeable lens versatility.

INTUITIVELY EASY – 3.0" TOUCH ENABLED CONTROL WITH MODE THUMB WHEEL

Set, shoot and play with just a touch of the LCD, or turn the thumb wheel to cycle through modes.

NEW LUMIX LIGHT SPEED FOCUSING AND PINPOINT FOCUSING CONTROL

The fastest, most precise autofocusing capabilities in the palm of your hand.

FULL HD VIDEO 1080/60i AND AVCHD

Record videos with outstanding natural clarity and ne detail across the entire image.

• 6,400 ISO with Built-in Pop-up

Flash and Red-eye Control

• 12.1 MP Live-MOS with

Intelligent Resolution and Dynamic Range Control

• Over 14 Interchangeable LUMIX

Lens Options to Choose From

• 3D Lens Ready (1.92MP)

• Sonic Wave Dust Filter

Automatically Cleans Dust from Sensor

• High Denition Full 1080/60i

Movie Recording

Control Thumb

Wheel

Pop-up

Flash

2.64"

At 2.64" tall by 4.24" wide, the GF3 Body is more compact than standard DSLRs.

4.24"

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2012 LUMIX® G SERIES

DMC-GF3K Compact System Camera (14-42mm Lens Kit)

TYPE

Type Digital interchangeable lens system camera

Recording Media SD memor y card, SDHC mem ory card, SDXC mem ory card

Image Sens or Size 17.3 x 13.0mm (in 4:3 aspect r atio)

Lens Mount Micro Fou r Thirds mount

IMAGE SENSOR

Type Live MOS S ensor

Total Pixels 13.06 Megapixels

Camera Effective Pixels 12.10 Megapixels

Color Filter Primary c olor ﬁlter

Dust Reduction System Supersonic wave ﬁlter

RECORDING SYSTEM

Recording File Format Still Imag e: JPEG (DCF, Exi f 2.3), RAW, MPO

Aspect Ratio 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1:1

Image Quality RAW, RAW +Fine, RAW+S tandard, Fine, St andard, MPO+ Fine, MPO+S tandard

Color Space sRGB, Adobe RGB

File Size

Still Image [4:3] 400 0 x 3000 (L) / 2 816 x 2112 ( M) / 2048 x 1536 ( S) / 1600 x 1200

(Pixels)

Motion

Motion J PEG*

Image

AVCHD* 2 NTSC [Full HD ] 1920 x 1080, 60i (sens or output is 30p) ( FSH:17Mbps)

Continuous Recordable Time (Motion Images)

Actual Re cordable Time ( Motion Images) AVCHD wi th picture qualit y set to [FSH ]: Approx. 130 min. wit h H-FS01404 2 /

FOCUS

Type Contrast AF system

Focus Mo de A FS/ AFC/ MF

AF Mode Face detec tion / AF Tracking / 23 -area focusing / 1-area f ocusing/Pin point

AF Detec tive Range EV 0-18 (IS O100 equivalent)

AF Assist Lamp YES

AF Lock Set the Fn bu tton in custom menu t o AF lock

Others Quick AF, Cont inuous AF (durin g motion image reco rding), AF+MF, Touch shu tter, Touch MF Assis t

EXPOSURE CONTROL

Light Metering System 144-zone multi-pattern sensing system

Light Met ering Mode Intelligent Multiple / Center Weighted / Spot

Metering Range EV 0-18 (F2.0 l ens, ISO100 equiv alent)

Exposure Mode Progr am AE, Apertu re Priority AE , Shutter Prior ity AE, Manual

ISO Sensitivity (Standard Output Sensitivity) Auto / Inte lligent ISO / 160 / 20 0 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 32 00 / 6400

Exposure Compensation 1/3 EV St ep ±3EV

AE Lock Set the Fn but ton in custom menu to A F/AE lock

AE Bracket 3, 5 frame, in 1/3 o r 2/3 EV Step, ± 4/3 EV

WHITE BALANCE

White Balance Auto / Dayli ght / Cloudy / Shade / H alogen / Flash / Whit e Set 1, 2 / Color Temperature

White Bal ance Adjustment Blue/amber bias, Magenta/green bias

Color Temperature Setting 2500 – 10000K in 100K

White Bal ance Bracket 3 exposures i n blue/ amber axis or i n magenta/ green a xis

SHUTTER

Type Focal-plane shutter

Shutter Speed Still I mages: 1/4000 ~ 60

Self Timer 10sec., 3 Image s / 2sec. / 10sec.

SCENE MODE

Still Imag e SCN Mode Po rtrait/ So ft Skin/ Scen ery/ Architect ure/ Sports / Peripheral Defo cus/ Flower/ Food /

Movie SC N Mode Portra it/ Soft Sk in/ Scenery/ A rchitecture/ Sp orts/ Flower/ F ood/ Objects / Low-light/ P arty/

BURST SHOOTING

Burst Speed H: 3.8 frames/ sec., M: 2.8 frames/ sec. (with Live Vi ew), L: 2 frames/se c. (with Live View )

Number of Recordable Images 7 images (wh en there are RAW ﬁle s with the particu lar speed). Unlimi ted consecutive

(Whe n attaching 3D lens i n Micro Four Thirds s tandard)

Motion Im age: AVCHD / QuickT ime Motion JPEG

(with 3D l ens in Micro Four Thir ds System stand ard)

(Whe n attaching 3D lens i n Micro Four Thirds S ystem)

[3:2] 40 00 x 2672 (L ) / 2816 x 1880 (M) / 20 48 x 1360 (S) / 1600 x 106 4 (Whe n attaching 3D len s in Micro Four Third s System)

[16:9] 400 0 x 2248 (L) / 2816 x 158 4 (M) / 1920 x 1080 ( S) / 1600 x 904 (Whe n attaching 3D len s in Micro Four Third s System)

[1:1] 2992 x 299 2 (L) / 2112 x 2112 (M) / 1504 x 1504 (S ) / 1440 x 1440 (Whe n attaching 3D lens i n Micro Four Thirds S ystem standar d)

[4:3] QVG A: 320 x 240, 30f ps / VGA: 640 x 4 80, 30fps

[HD] 128 0 x 720, 30fps

[HD] 128 0 x 720, 60p (sensor o utput is 30p) (S H:17Mbps)

AVCHD wi th picture qualit y set to [FSH ]: Approx. 160 min. w ith H-FS014 042 / Approx. 170 min . with H-H014

Approx. 150 m in. with H-H014

Settin g / Portrait / Beau ty Skin / Spor t / Flower / Collecti on / Baby / Pet / Defocus C ontrol

Motion Im age: 1/16000 ~ 1/30 ( NTSC)

Objects / Night Portra it/ Night Scen ery/ Illumination s/ Baby 1, 2/ Pet/ P arty/ Sunset

Sunset ( Activated by selec ting Still Image S CN mode then press ing Movie Button . Still Image SCN mod es without corr esponding Movie S CN mode are recor ded in mode suitabl e for the recording situation.)

shooting ( when there are no R AW ﬁles) (depending on m emory card size, ba ttery power, picture size and compression)

BUILT-IN FLASH

Type TTL B uilt-in Flash, GN 6.3 equivalent (I SO 160 m), Built-in Pop -up

Flash Mod e Auto, Auto/ Red-eye Reduction, Forced On, Forced On/R ed-eye Reduction, Slow Sync.,

Synchronization Speed Less than 1/ 160 sec.

Flash Synchronization 1st Cur tain Sync

LCD MONITOR

Type TFT LC D with Touch Panel

Monitor Size 3.0 in. / 3 :2 Aspect / Wide-v iewing angle

Pixels 460K d ots

Field of View Approx. 100%

Monitor Adjustment Brightness (7 l evels), Contrast a nd Saturation ( 7 levels), Red tint ( 7 levels), Blue tint ( 7 levels)

LIVE VI EW

Digital Z oom 2x, 4x

Extra Tele C onversion S till Image: Max. 2 x (Not effect ive with L size recor ding. Magniﬁcati on ratio depends on t he

Other Functions Guide Lin es (3 patterns)

CREATIVE CONTROL

Creative Control (Still Image & Mot ion Image) Expre ssive / Retro / High Ke y / Sepia / High Dynami c / Miniature

PLAYBACK

Playback Mode N ormal playback, 30-thumbnail display, 12-thumbnail display, Calendar display, Zoomed

IMAGE PRO TECTION / ER ASE

Protection Single/ M ulti, Single in Burs t Group/ Multi in Bu rst Group, Cancel

Erase Singl e/ Multi/ All/ E xcept Favorite

Direct Print Pi ctBridge-co mpatible (Prin t size, Layout, Date S etting are selec table)

INTERFACE

USB USB 2.0 Hig h Speed

HDMI mini HDM I TypeC

Audio Video Output Mon aural Type, NTSC

Microphone Mon aural, Wind-cut: O ff / Low / Standa rd / High

Speaker M onaural

LANGUAGE

OSD Language English, Spanish

POWER

Battery Li-ion Ba ttery Pack (7.2V, 9 40mAh) (In cluded)

Batter y Life (CIPA sta ndard) Approx. 3 20 images with H- FS014042

DIMENSIONS / WEIGHT

Dimension s (W x H x D) 107.7 x 67.1 x 32.5mm / 4.24 x 2.64 x 1.28 in. (excl uding protrusions )

Weight Approx . 264g / 9.31 oz. (S D card, Batter y, Body)

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

Operating Temperature 0°C t o 40°C (32°F to 104° F)

Operating Humidity 10% to 80 %

STANDARD ACCESSORIES

Software PHOTOfunSTUDIO 6.2 HD Edition, SILKY PIX® Develope r Studio 3.1 SE, Super L oiLoScope

Standard Accessories Batte ry Charger, Body Ca p (DMC-GF 3K and DMC-G F3 only), AV Cable, U SB Connectio n

*1 Use a car d with SD Speed Cla ss with “Class 6” or hi gher *2 Use a car d with SD Speed Cla ss with “Class 4” or hi gher

Slow Sync./Red-eye Reduction, Forced Off

recordin g pixels and aspect ra tio.) Motion Im age: 3.1x (SH/H in AVCH D and HD/W VGA in Motion J PEG), 4.2x ( VGA/QVG A in Motion J PEG)

Real-time Histogram

playback ( 16x Max.), Slidesho w (duration & effec t are selectable), P layback Mode (N ormal/ Picture / AVCHD/ Motion J PEG/ 3D Play/ C ategory/Fa vorite), Title Edi t, Text Stamp, Video Divide, Re size, Cropping, As pect Conversio n, Rotate, Rotate D isplay, Favorite, Pri nt set, Protect, Face Recognition Edit

Video: Au to / 1080i / 720p / 48 0p Audio: Lin ear PCM

*Check th e website of the Panas onic sales company i n your country or re gion for details on the produc ts that are availabl e in your market.

Micropho ne level adjustabl e: Lv1 / Lv2 / Lv3 / Lv4

*Check th e website of the Panas onic sales company i n your country or re gion for details on the OSD la nguages on the produ cts that are availab le in your market.

Battery Charger

Approx. 3 40 images with H- H014

Approx. 2 22g / 7.83 oz. (Body onl y)

Approx. 3 19g / 11.25 oz . (SD card, Bat tery, H-H014 lens in cluded)

Approx. 4 29g / 15.13 oz. (SD card, Bat tery, H-FS0140 42 lens included )

(trial ver sion), USB Drive r

Cable, Sho ulder Strap, St ylus Pen, CD-R OM *Body cap not inc luded for DMC-G F3C kit and DMC -GF3W kit **Len s rear cap of H-H0 14 lens not included for DM C-GF3C kit a nd DMC-GF3 W Kit

02/12 Speciﬁcations subject to change without notice.